Sir Elton John set to retire to enjoy family time

Sir Elton John is reportedly set to retire so that he can spend more time with his family.

The father-of-two is believed to be planning to wind up his musical commitments next year as he celebrates his 70th birthday.

The move would mark the end of a 50-year career, which began with the 1969 album Empty Sky.

Sir Elton went on to sell over 300million records and has won five Grammys and an Oscar, which he was awarded for The Lion King song Can You Feel The Love Tonight.

He released his latest album, Wonderful Crazy Night, in February and also stars alongside Halle Berry and Julianne Moore in the spy comedy Kingsman: The Golden Circle, which will be released next year.

It has been claimed that he now wants to focus on his two sons Zachary and Elijah and his partner David Furnish.

A friend told The Daily Mail: "Elton has seen and done it all, and has nothing to prove."

It is also believed the singer wants to devote more time to the Elton John Aids Foundation, which has raised over £275million to tackle the disease.

The singer recently said he believed the end of HIV "is in sight" in Western countries thanks to increasing awareness and testing.

He told Victoria Derbyshire that his foundation had implemented a project at King's College Hospital in London that allows people to be tested for HIV while receiving routine blood tests.

Sir Elton said: "Most people are willing to have that, and otherwise they wouldn't have a HIV test. It is something we want the government to get more involved in."